It is our
choices… that show what we truly are, far more than our
abilities.” – J.K Rowling

The Santa Clara
Swim Club is committed to providing a safe, caring and friendly
environment for all of our members. The Swimmers, Coaches and
Parents at SCSC work together to succeed in the sport of swimming
and in life. We have set guidelines on how the club handles
incidents of bullying; please become familiar with them. SCSC's
Bullying policy can be found at: http://www.teamunify.com/pcscsc/UserFiles/File/Bullying_Model%20Plan.pdf

Volunteer
Hours

Check your hours! CCS/Walk-On and
International are your LAST CHANCE TO EARN HOURS this year, so make
sure you know how many more you need. Click on "My Account" menu
then "$My Invoice/Payment" and "Service Hours" tab. You must be
logged into TeamUnify to see your information.

International: Job signups opening Monday, May 13 at 8:30
p.m.; 4-job limit the first 24 hours, unlimited thereafter.
International is the last event of the year to earn hours. There
will be plenty of jobs for everyone!

Volunteer
Opportunities--Save the Date:

CCS High School
Champs--May 10-11

Senior II Walk On
Meet--May 12

Santa Clara
International Grand Prix--May 30-June 2 (all families must work a
portion of their hours at this meet)

Special Senior Stroke Clinic:
May 5th, 10:30-2:30

There are just a few spots left for
our May 5th Senior Stroke Clinic; don't get left out; RSVP today!
This will be an incredible opportunity to hone your freestyle and
backstroke skills, as well as have your stroke video recorded and
professionally analyzed by our coaches. In addition to
comprehensive stroke work, there will be a presentation about the
proper mindset and mental preparation necessary to be successful in
swimming.

The clinic will conducted in 2 parts,
for a total of four hours. Swimmers may choose to do either one or
both of parts of the clinic.

We will be doing another Learn to
Swim clinic the weekend after CCS, May 18th 11am-1pm. Please mark
your calendars and keep an eye on next week’s Bitter Truth
for details!

The Splash Down is coming to a close;
make sure you send Carlene your HS times (including Leagues)!!!
LAST CHANCE FOR ANY MAKE UP TIMES IS THE SUNDAY BEFORE CCS. If
you forgot to send me any times, do it NOW!ctakaki@santaclaraswimclub.org

Senior
1

We are looking for
volunteers to participate in the Opening Ceremonies for the
International Meet. It will take place on Friday May 30 before
finals (4:40ish). If you are interested please contact Coach
Cynthia Owens, Opening Ceremonies Coordinator ASAP.

Senior
2

We still need a few more swimmers to
help with the International Meet Opening Ceremonies on Friday,
May 31st. Please let us know if you are interested! Also,
sign-ups are open for the Special Stroke Clinic on Sunday, May
5th, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm. Space will be limited, so reserve
your spot today!

“It’s not the will to win
that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to
prepare to win that matters.”

Paul “Bear” Bryant

Gold -
boys

Please remember it is important to
attend practices on Fridays and Saturdays leading up to Long Course
Season. These are our only Long Course practices until our summer
practice schedule starts in May.

Good Job to the new swimmers from
Yellow! Older Gold Swimmers: Be afraid....VERY AFRAID!!!

"When I go out and race, I'm not
trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ...
to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because
we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win
something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't
actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for
something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that
given day, that's where you get satisfaction from."

--- Ian Thorpe

Have a great week!

Gold -
girls

Congratulations to
all Gold Girls on a super start to your long course season! Keep up
the good work!

Blue

No news!

Yellow
1/2

Congratulations on
another successful 10 & Under Championship Meet this weekend!!!
It time to get back to preparing for the summer Long Course season.
There will be a parent meeting for ALL YELLOW BELL GROUP next
Saturday, May 4 from 11-11:30 am. We will discuss summer scheduling
and expectations. Please have at least one parent per family in
attendance. Thanks!!!

White
Junior/White Senior

No news!

Pre-Comp

No news!

MAKO LCM
C/B/A+ Recap!

Great job to all
swimmers who competed in the MAKO LCM meet this past weekend! We
had lots of first time swimmers braving a long course meet, as well
as many new LCM best times! Congratulations to:

PRT

Mary Martinelli
50fl

Katherine Meck
100fr, 50fl

Stephanie
Sifferman 50fr, 50bk, 50br, 50fl

Jeremiah Lhea
Tandingan 50fr, 100fr, 50bk, 50br, 50fl

Christian Kim
50fr, 100fr, 50bk, 50br, 50fl

Purav Shah 100fr,
50bk, 50br

Steffi Beisel
400fr, 100fl, 200IM

Allen Chang 100fr,
50br, 100br, 50fl, 200IM

Eng Kwa 50bk,
100bk, 50br, 100fl, 200IM

Roderick Sou 50fr,
50bk, 100bk, 50fl, 100fl

Mila Meck 50bk

Nicole Oliva
800fr, 1500fr, 400IM

FW

Steffi Beisel
100fr, 50bk, 100bk, 100br

Sarah Chung 50br,
100br

Alexa Kwan 50bk,
50fl

Emily Minjares
100fl

Vismaya Panicker
50fl, 100fl

Gayatri Raut 100fl

Allen Chang 100bk

Eng Kwa 50fr,
100fr

Ethan Lorete 100fl

Roderick Sou 100fr

Lauren Fu 200br

Mai McKenna 200IM

Mila Meck 100bk,
50fl

Aishwarya Tare
400fr

Matthew Choi 100br

Ben Winn 400IM

Rahul Cheeniyil
100br, 200br

Nehemi Winn 400IM

JO

Sarah Chung 100fl

Mishti Gokhale
50br, 50fr

Emily Minjares
100fr, 100bk, 50fl, 200IM

Vismaya Panicker
50bk, 100bk, 200IM

Gayatri Raut
100fr, 50fl, 200IM

Khushi Shah 100fl

Diwakar Basak
50br, 100br

Ethan Lorete 50br,
50fl

Vineet Ranade
50fl, 100fl

Roderick Sou 200IM

Lauren Fu 200bk,
400IM

Mai McKenna 200br

Mila Meck 100fl,
200IM

Rayva Ranade 200bk

Aishwarya Tare
50bk, 400IM

Kaitlyn Wu 100fr,
100fl

Matthew Choi 50bk,
200br, 50fl

Ben Winn 800fr,
1500fr

Alex Yu 400IM

Hayley
O’Brien 100bk

Heramb Tamhankar
1500fr

Swimmer
Spotlight

Does your
swimmer have an outstanding achievement outside of the pool?
Contactctakaki@santaclaraswimclub.orgto submit suggestions for the Weekly Chlorine!

Thanks for
reading! If you have any questions regarding White Junior or White
Senior scheduling, please contact ana@santaclaraswimclub.org. If you have
any questions regarding this email, please contact ctakaki@santaclaraswimclub.org and I
will be happy to answer your questions and/or direct you to the
right person!